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Quaestor Definition:

In ancient Roman law, senior legal advisor.

Akin to modern day minister of justice, attorney general or solicitor general. In ancient Rome, the position of quaestor was that of most senior legal advisor to the government of the time, be it emperor or other.

Of the duties of the quaestor, the most important was the development of new laws.

In the era of Justinian, a specialized office developed, legal advisor to the person of the emperor, as in king's counsel or queen's counsel of early English law. That was the quaestor of the sacred place.

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Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) in The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple

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Unless otherwise noted, this article was written by Lloyd Duhaime, Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney and Lawyer (and Notary Public!). It is not intended to be legal advice and you would be foolhardy to rely on it in respect to any specific situation you or an acquaintance may be facing. In addition, the law changes rapidly and sometimes with little notice so from time to time, an article may not be up to date. Therefore, this is merely legal information designed to educate the reader. If you have a real situation, this information will serve as a good springboard to get legal advice from a lawyer.